12 November* commemorates the day on which Mahatma Gandhi made his first and only live broadcast on All India Radio in 1947 and addressed more than two lakhs of refugees at a camp in Kurukshetra from Broadcasting House, New Delhi. Since 2000, this day is commemorated as Public Service Broadcasting Day

10:30 to 11:00 in Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza
Commemoration

11:15 to 12:15 in C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium 
Discussion 

Usha Mehta’s tryst with freedom on radio: reliving the moments with S. N. Sahu, former Press Secretary to President K. R. Narayanan.

During the Quit India Movement, Usha Mehta was arrested on 12 November 1942 and the Underground Radio Transmitter confiscated in Bombay

Discussion on Public Service Broadcasting and Speaking Truth to Power
Lead Presentation: Suhas Borker, Mediaperson and Trustee, IIC

*Note: As 12 November is Deepavali and a holiday, the commemoration is being held on 10 November

(Collaboration: Gandhi Yuva Baradari; and Jan Prasar)